Future or Investigational Therapies

Research efforts have been focused on gene therapy in order to slow or prevent any progression of the disease.

Photoreceptortransplantation has also been an explored option. However studies have yet to show any viable benefits resulting from the procedure.

Studies have found that many retintis pigmentosa patients maintain ocular to brain connections even after photoreceptors die. Researchers therefore are attempting to develop options that will allow for the individual to bypass the photoreceptors by inducing the remaining cells to become light sensitive. These projects are termed optogenetic projects and have not yet entered further clinical investigation.